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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-12-18, Page 7- WARSHIPS BOMBARD PUERTO CABELLO FORT. Prompt Punishment for Hauling DOW11 British Flag. Fort and custom Houses Destroyed-Particulare of the Seizure of Vene- aucian Fleet---Castro's New Attitude-Arbltration Now Out of the QuestIon--London Newspapers Do Net Like the Look of Things, Puerto Cabello, Dee, 14. -The Bri- tish cruiser Oharybdie and the Ger- man cruiser Vinota bombarded the fortress hero at 5 o'olook yesterday afternoon, The fire eves returned, but after a bombardment of 45 min- utes; the Venezuelan guns were sil- enced. The fortress Ls composed of Forts Solimo and the Castle Libor- tador. After the filing, coasea the Clearybeis sent marines to occupy the caetle. The fortress was almost dentelished. It Is probable that only a few pereons were injured by the shelling. The commander of Cas- tle Libertador has been taken pri- mmer. Tao cruisers are still here. [low itWas DOM!. At 7 o'elock this morning the Charybdis and the Vineta arrived here searching for Venezuelan gun- boats. The two cruiseris sent their boasts into the inner port, but Un(-. lug no gut:Mope:is, the boats return- ed. The captain of the Britie,h mete °bane eiteam•er Topaz°, which was seized by tee le.ob here last Wednes- day, then visited the British com- modore on board the Maryanne and lodged a protest against the viola- tionor his ehip. The British captain returned an hour later with a de- tachment of fifty marinee, who took charge of the rropaze. The populace Were greatly excised at this incident and raised the ory, To arms!" but there iwas no disorder. Outrage to Walsh. Flag, The British coiennadore then sent a linessage to the au•thorities at Puer- to Cabello demanding immediate ;satisfaction for the action of the mob ln haviag hauled down the Bri- tish flag from. ithe Topaze, saying that If this satisfaction was not forthcomeng In twoImre, at 5 o'- clock, the lortrese Mai the Customs lames would be bomb:Jaded. On the receipt of this demand the author- ities sent a -message to President Castro, asking or instructions. A committee of merchants of Puer- to Cabello then approached the Am- erican Consul heye, petitioning him to intervene. The Coneul accepted thie mission, and eisited the eruisers, but he could obtaie no alteration; In the decIsion of the allies. At a quarter liefore five a reply Was received from Preskleat Castro, who authorized. the chief official here ;to give the ,British /commodore ample satisfaction. Before ties answer could e eommenicated to the Atnerlean ul the hour stipulated for its re- , ate arrived. The cruisers im- rne'diately opened }lire on the fortress. The lire was eeturned from Fort polano and Cia,stle Lebertaclor. While Lie lire centinued there ;WM intense excitement in this port. Every house in ;town was elosed. The people of •Puerto Cabello can- not account for this precipitate nation on the part of the eines, which the y consider to he proof that Great I3r1taiu and Gerana.ny intend forcing ever upon Venezuela. Tee Brttleh ;marines purpose to make tom ref tee eannon in Castle Lliberta,dor. No damage was done eo the town. The entrance to the insiae harbor 400 at Puerto Cabello is thrtnIgh a nar- row ehannel-not anoic than a tow hundred feat wide. To the left of this Ohm -trice as one eaterthe ha.rbor, 'situated on a loev sand pit, Is the fortress which was ;bombarded by (the German and aritIsh cruluers. It is an old-tea:toned structure, Which was rebuilt in the eighteenth eentury. Its eides are comparatively low, and Would offer ,but poor re- sistance to modern shells. It le not probable that the Venezuelan Gov- ernment bad Any modern cannon ;there. Teo customs house at Pnerto Ca- bello is Situated on the right, or Mainland, slae of the channel. Puerto Cabello is emend in im- portance to La Guayra. The trade of ,several interior provinces centres bete, and Puerto Gabello is the port Of' Valencia em important town in tam atato of Cara,bobo. 'excitement at Caracae. Caracas, Dec. 11. -President Cas- tro's answer to the ultimatums; of Britain and Germany is a. refusal to yield on any point. The news of the shelling of the fortress and custem house at Puerto Cabello this. afternoon by the British cruiser Charybdis and the German cruiser Vineta reached Caracas at a late hour to -night. It caused consider- able excltement. In spite ill the preventive measures taken by the police of Puerto Cabello, trouble Is feared there. Refused to Iteceivt• Note. A. note from the commanders or the allied Anglo -German fleet, whiel: the Venezuelan Government refus- ed to receive yesterday at La Guai- ra, was sent to -day to United States Minister Bowen at Caracas, and forwarded by lem to the pro- per Gavernment officials here. The noto is in the name of Great Brit- ain tind Germany; it requests all Venezuelan ships, after the lapse of five days, to refrain from sail- ing from the (sort of La Guaira ins- til the present • diffieultlee are over. People' here aro asking by What right Great !lateen and Ger- many coerce Vencemeln, Without de- claring a bleGicado. "El Mocho" Itermandez and ;Me- tall) Other revolutionary le:alert; left Maracaibo to -day for Curacao on their way to Caracas. lierme des is probably the tuost popular Of the revolutionary leaders; Pre- sident Castro has kept him impri- soned at Maraealbo for several year e past. Castro's New A1: • President Castro has taken un a bete attitude. Ile has 'erected that reprisals are to tease, and rester - 1)0 gaVe instructiOns that all the property of the British and German raileoads and British telephone companies should be returned. The Govern - trent Will retain still the eOtarol of the La Guaira Itallrov,d, but jtsniiminsttratIon will be left In- dependent. Patriotic) tleinouetra- tie-as took piece itgain ea4t01'day, To ilrge Atisitratiott. At 1 &cheek this afternoon a spec. lal train left Careka4 for 14a (Itea- oto irae taking Alfred Moline, a leading German merchant and a German banker, of Ceram". The Gertnan (1ore, eta accompanied them part of the joerney. They aro going on board the German cruiser Vineta, on a spec - lel :Weston to try and lobtain Ger- many's acceptanoo of arbitration. President 'Oastro gave them Pasia pores, though the Initiative in this wiesion was taken by Gorraans and not be the Government. Capture oil the Piece lase followleg details of the cap - tore of tee Venezuelan vessels at La Gandra Tuesday by the A:war-tier- man foeces have reaclieLi here. let e o'clock Teesday aftereoon thirteen boats, manned. by 210 Britiehl and G'erwan seamen and towed by two eteine Inenciles, without giving any nothication of their Intentiou to the Venezuelan authorities, entered the harbor of La Gteara and procsealed to the doeks. The German contia- gent, belonging to the erasers Vi - note and Falk°, went on board the Meragarita, formerly the torpedo- boat Bayo, whieh wee given to Ven - meats by ,Ecuador, and revolvers in hand, campolied the men who were oampied in repairing her to aban• don the ship. Tee German sailors Is -washed the torpedo tubes, the com- pass and the machinery, and left the Maragarita in dock in this disabled condition. The Oartnatis afterwards boarded the Casein, a, treight eteamer be- longing to a Frenclunen, and char- tered by the Government for trans- portation of troops, and ordered the •fewallore on board to quilt the yea - eel, which they did withowt making any resistance. The Gorman salon era. the anchor chain and towed her outsele the barbor. 'Where are Those Steamers Now? At the eame time the sailors of the BrItiell mender Retribution boarded the Ueneral Creep° and the Tutunte, and obliged their crews to lower tile euezuelan flag and leave the vessels, The venezuelane made no resistance. Tee British Mueljeckets then cut the yeesele louse from their anctiors, and towed them outside the harbor. The Venezuelan crews were allowed to return to the shore. Tne captured steamers; were seen. at 11 o'clock at night, atIII in the setae position. At 2 o'clock an the morning the British cruiser Retribution towed the Clan- cy:A Creep° and the Tutumo farther out, and the Venezuelan vessels have not been seen same. The Governtuent asserts teat the soldiers at the fort at Lraluaira saw them sunk with dynamite. It is a fact that the Itetri- buten returned alone a tew bouts later to LaGuaixa, and it was impoe- sible for bee to have conducted them either to Curacoa or Teinid.ad. The Government complains that the Ger- man, sailors •ato the meats prepared on board the captured steamers for the Venezuelan crews. • President Castro's Views, The Ltew York Heraid despatch says: In reply to questions concern- ing hie views; of tbe sincerity 01 the Britieh ane Gewean Govern - tante in tile statement of their pur- poses, made through their ellnisters, President Castro said: "Froun the notes tra,nismitted to the Venezuelan GoVernment by the Miu- leters of Great Britain ,and Geremey it would appear that the eubjoet et controversy on which our differ- ences "lave arisen is the reeognitiou of certain feeling made againet the Venezuelan Government by subjects of Germany and Great Britain. "Now, thew- aleines do not aggre- gate a very high egere. There is cer- tainly netninte In them to warrant tlee summary atetion since taken. "It is evident, to my mind, not orey from the manner in whites the pro- posal was framed, which the German and British Ministers presented, but also froni the hasty and violent ac- tion taken Immediately thereafter, without awaiting a reply or vouch- safing time for the framing of a re- solution -it is clear to ma I say, that there WaS a special desire on the part of telex/natty and Great Britain not to reaeh an amicabie solution of this question. 4 Powers Concealed Purpose. "Che Venezuelan people and the Venezuelan Government believe that they dtscern another and quite dif- ferent purpose en the part of Eng- land and elermany-an object 'which may remain concealed for the peers - eat; but which you will. shortly see revealed." Preparing tor War. The enlistment of Venezuelan sea diere continues. Two thousand men from the interior reached Caracas to day. The boycottitig of British and German goods continues. It is reported that ninety Germans liv- ing In tbe country have offered to support the Venezuelan Government against Germany. The eh et o.f.car of Preeident Castro's guard /mod to- day to the representative of the As - sedated Press: "If there is to be war, let as know, and we will fight. If there is to be only an assault on our coast, where we cannot reach the alaea the only thing left foe us to do 10 to declare that to destroy your debtors' furniture is a strange way to force the payment of his obligation. I believe this situatioil will seen corn° within the scope of the Monroe doetrinae 'Mocking La Guarira, London, Dee. 15. -In a despatca from With:Misted, Cueacea, dated Dee. 14, the correspondent of the London Daily Mall says the Anglo -German warshipe are blockading Le Genera. The steamer Yneatua was warned by the 13ritish cruiser Indefatigable not to enter La Guaira, kild returned to Ceram The Venezuelan Government has declineti the offer ot a loan, Made by a German banker of Caracas, to eettle the elatrns: against it. No Arbiteation Now. Mort of the morning newspapere consider that the bombardment Of time fortress at Puerto Cabello' puts all Ike limed etf tubltrettiOn or any Melillo settlement of the difficulty entirely out or the question, and they bean tO talk /seriously of the Of enfOreine peyments of tlialetliaride, sliOulti President Castro deckle to defy the powere and retire to the intet•lor or the country.lteal- izing that 4 prolonged blieekeee Or hoettlitiee would tindanger th3 Inter- ests, and perlinps the lives Of for- eign re -Meats of Veeezutsla, Malty newspapers aro beginning to ask ONE YEAH'S SUPPLY OF HAVANA MARS FBEE.,„ Ail the tobacco that I use is grown in Caba, therefore nothing but Max- ana tolia000 ever goos alto any part of any of my cigars, employ Cuban ,workmeu only. No wholesalers, re- tailer, Commlsolon Salesmen nor bad aecounts-thetet all In the olgare. CIGARS nunwr from MaKalt to SAIOKEel. No dealers need apply. 881,000 sold In else last year. ONE BOX AND 'YOU AIM A REGULAR CUSTOMER Referenees--ANY B4S.NTS IN TORONTO. RIPPIY Yoe, TEM NEW WAZ 'X'WO YEARS, for the same tnoney you ipay the old way ono year. These Cigars are superior to Imported 15 - cent ,Havanas, The Name Or nay cigar is No. 72. Price $2.50F0R A BOX OF 50 being equal to fiVe cents mete I PrePaY all express or postage (reels- tereda and thus deliver to you free all over Canada Send money with order, one or more ;boxes, and you snail he a customer of mine, feortse bave ordered the aftietit time. Sty whether mild, medium or strong. R 07 King . K. FERRIS St. East Toronto Cnnada Wiener The tzovernment nas not acted over -hastily. Italy Also Has Claims. The statement that Italy, througb her Legation here; is to demand pay- ment of her claims against Venezu- ela„ has been confirmed. Mho arrival of the United States gunboat Marietta, at La Guaina, yes- terday, was due to a rumor that United States Minister Bowen was In danger. There has been no ground for such a rumor, and the presence of the Marietta was not re- quested by Mr. Bowen. Looking to United States. The situation here continues to be critical, and there is much excite- mont among the Gern3an residents of Caracas, many of whom have called at the American Legation to stook refuge there. The people of Caracas aro astonished that the Government at Washington remains silent in spite of the recent act of the allied fleet. FORCE 1110 ON 001111E1TE. Rogers Relies on Prayer to Cure Broken Limb, WAS RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL' Chicago, Dec. 13.-Witis both legs broken .and kis wrist fractured, George Rogers, an employee of the Northwestern Elevated Railroad, objected to the police taking lain to a hospital, saying that he was "Dawieite." ad that prayers wore all that were needed to heal his injuries. In spite of las protests, however, he WAS taken to the Alex - Ian Brothers' Hospital, where his injuries were attended to. Rogers es employed by the ele- vated railroad company as a car cleaner. Last evening he was work- ing at the end of the Northwest- ern Elevated Railroad line at Wil- son and Evanston avenues cleaning the windows of one of the cars. Ile stood ott a ladder whiee he worked, and, making a mlestep, fell to the ground twenty feet below. Other employees near by, seeing that Rogers was unable 16 rise af- ter his fall, went to his assistance. When it was found that he was seriously injured the pollee of the Sheffield avenue station wore sum- moned. On the arrival of the ambulance Policemen William Hoes and Louis Pike started to place the injured lean in tho wagon. 'Rogers was conscious and the policemen were surprised ea= ho said, "Don't take me to a hospital; take me home." When questioned as to his reasons for not wishing to be removed to a hospital, Rogers is said by the police to have told them that he w -as a believer in the teachings of Dowie. In spite of his protests Rogers was then lifted into the wagon and taken to the hospital. On his arrival at the hospital Itogers is said to have repeated his request to be taken hotue. He was, how- ever, placed on an operating table and bis fractured bones were re- ed. TRIPLETS 73 YEARS OLD. A Remarkable Trio Living in London- derry, N. B. Londonderry, N. FL, Dee. 14. -Born in this town Snore than 71 years ago, the Ripley triplets are proba- bly the oldest now in this country. Motel Sampson Ripley, Mrs. Ad- dle K. Thayer and Mrs. Angle K. Boutell are the names of the trip- lets. They are of a family of six children, all of whom are living and enjoying fair health. The triplets' parents were Asa- hel P. Tapley and Mary 'Clark Rip- ley. The father was born in London- derry in May, 18.01, and died in Nashua, in 1890, Mrs. Ripley was born in Londonderry In 1E06 and died there in 1888. On Sept. 24th, 1829, to Ur. and Mrs. Ripley were barn the trio of children whieli made their home happy and pleasant ever after. The Old family physician, Who nettanded the ease at the time, Dr. Daniel Simpson, was so elated over the advent of tat) three babies that he desired to have the boy named tor himself, Daniel Sirapsort Ripley, and the girls foe las wife and sister. This Was agreed to by Mr. and Mrs. NINE FORGERS COMMITTED. Offenders Against Loodon Rank in Petrel/ay to Punishment. London, De. 10.-jacob Stern, who was arrested in New York in Janu- ary last, and eight Other foreign- ers, charged with hank note for- geries, were committed for triaL tate eaterhoort. , The feageriee have ocenpled tbes London pollee for several and tvlien first discovered, oreatial considerable excitement in Mem. tnerelal circles, They aggregated $50,000, but • the criminate had laid their plans for an extended came NOVI againet the bank, which doubt. less would have beep tarried out had not their sel::anes been frustrated by, tbo arreAlt in New York of Stern, who etteroVited to float some of Cm first forgeries to get money for extending the business. Tho prison- ers h.ra all Getman' and /Latakia. 44.•••••••+• MAN BLOWN INTO ATOMS, •••••••••••••••••••••,••••••1 Jar of Sleigh Exploded Nitro - Glycerine, ••••••04••••*+.0 HAD MANY NARROW ESCAPES, Drautford Oespateb Joeepli Shea fer, a nitro-glyeerine ehooter, em- ployed by the Pennsylvania Torpedo CoMPanY of this place, was WWII to atoms near State Limo at 10 o'clock, ties forenoon. Shaffer was driving a team. lIlt sleige contained 100 quarts of nitro. glycerine and he wasOn hes way te shoot a well in Nichols Valley, in the vicinity of Linusetone. Sleighing Is rough In the country clietacts, the stow not yet being paceed along the roads, and alraffer's sleigh drop ped into a rat. Tito jar set off the explosive, and the man, les horses and sleigh and load of glyceriee were going skyward in smoke. People in the vicinity, alarmed by the explosion, hurriedto tbe scene. but found nothing Out a deep holt in the road. Shaffer was 26 years old. He leave; a mother and sister, who are rest dents of Buffalo. Ile was a fearless glycerine handler, and had expert. meal mane narrow °seams. -------- • SOME CENSUS FACTS, Bt.:wing on the Agricultural Situation in Prince Edward Manta An Ottawa despatch says: The Census Department has Issued a, bulletin concerning agriculture le Prince Edward Island. The bulle- tin contains eight tables, enutnor• ating fares and lot holtlings, farms and farm lots, fruits, grains, hay roots, live stockannual proclucts and values in all the tables. The ro. turns have boon compiled to shoe the statistics of (i) areas of flvc acres and over, as farms, and (2 areas under five acres, as lots, to gether with the total of both classes. The number of acres 11 orchard at present total is 8,1.90 or an inoreae,e of 661 acres since the last conSuS. The yield of apple and plums is three times and cher- ries] four times as great as in 1891. No progress is shown in the culti- vation of small fruits, and • vine- yards have almost disappeared from the island. The crops of hay, Oats, wheat, potatoes -those four crops occu plea 94.80 per (lent, of the whole area in 1900, in the following pro portion: Hay, 40.65, oats 80.74. wheat 9.15, potatoes 7.40. The fol- lowing table shows the average yield per acre of the principal crop, for the harvests of 1890 and 1000 1900, 1890 Spring waeat, bushels 17.45 13.71. 27.73 19.00 POrtsaeo' es 119.00 162.50 ... 0.92 0.86 Ray,Thonrtois a decrease in horses and sheep since last census, and again in• mlich cows. In products the 'cen- sus of 1891 del not enumerate eggs, but this census shows a production of 2,426,251 dozen, value at neares a quarter of a million dollars. Agricultural values have been taken for the firet thee in this cen- sus. • .They show for farms and lots I in the Ieland, a total for land and outbuilding% of $23,118,946; for im- plements, and machinery, $2,628,- 787; for live Mode $4,878,980; and for the crops and animal products or the conous year, $7,167,003. The total value of farm propertyi es $80,- 484,089, and of thin sum, land repre- sents $49.78 p.c., buildings 25.76 P.C. implemento and machinery, 8.60 pa. anti live eteck, 15.86 r).e. The rent value of leased farms is 96 cents per acre, and the rate of wager; for farm labor le $3.68 per week, includ- ing board. The total groos value of term products for the census year la $4,764,674 for crops, 04.27 p.c., and $2,648,023 for animal produces, 35.73 p.c. Milo makes the aggre- gate of $7,418,297 or $561 in the year for an average fate.), which le 24.38 p.c. of tho inveetment. ..,UMBER CUT OF SEASON, Nearly Niise Hundred Million Peet be Takets Out. The Department of Crown Lands has made an estimate of the pro babbo cut of pine sawloge and square timber during the present season on territory held under timber license from the Crown. The quan,titiee - which are based upon tee reports of - the respeotive agencies aro as fol. ! lows, in feet, board measure: Sudbury ..................12t,000,000 • Parry Sound ... 171,000,000: Biscotasing 40.000,000: Whitney 50,500,000 - Webbwood 150,000,000. Sault Ste. Marie ... Peet Arthur 18,000,000 Arnprior 40,000,000 Pembroke 100,000,000 Peterboro' 44,000,000 Rat Portage ... a 25,000,000 Tata 884500,000 In addition to this quantity, there will be a large number of railway ties, 'probably 1,500,000 taken oat, as well as telegraph poles .and fence posts, hardwood, dtc„ and a consid- erable cut of hemlock and hard woods, the Last mentioned for fuel and charenial purposes, as well as for use in furniture leaking, eta Tbe quantity of pine cut during the winter of 1.900-01 ender author- ity oT timber license was 658,000,- 000 feet, and during last winter 850,000,000 feet. . 'From the reports of tho timber agents it is apparent that the chief difficulty the lumbering firms are experiencing to, scarcity of lather, mei; being hard to get Ana wages • high. Provielons and other supplies aro also dear, and the expenses of operating- are correspondingly great- er. Tiut. out during the present win- ter will be a heavy one, as tbe de- mand for timber la good and paws rule leg's. 711ie only thing that will tend to keep clown, the oat Is the die, acuity in obtatinieg labor. Australian Pudding. Careftilly pick over a Cupful of pearl tealoset, and put it in a saucepan with three Cupfuls of cold wa.tee ; stand it oh the beck of the stove and let it meek two hours; then sweeten 11; with two ot• three tablespoOntais of Molasses and let it boll gently till quit thick ; then pour it on a Jolly Mould; stand it whore It Will get solid; then turn it trite a glass dish; serVe it with riekereani. St. .A.nne's tilmrech, erected to the memOry of Brehoeuf n,m1 Lallement. Jesuit missionary martyrs, was &all - onto' Penetanguishene by Arch- bishop O'Connor., There hats been an increase In the nuinber of coinmitmente for drunk- britieSS in Ontario daring the pest ev-eiolturaxiz .ovaerrttlie innebet In tile Pre* , Feed pale girls on Scott's Emulsion, We do not need to give all the reasons why Scott's Emulsion restores the strength and flesh and color of good health to those who suffer from sick blood. The fact that it is the best preparation' of Cod Liver oil, rich in nutrition, full of healthy stimulation is a sUggestion as to why it does what it does. Scott's Emulsion presents Cod Liver Oil at its best, fullest in strength, least in taste, Young women • in their " teens " are permanently cured of the peculiar disease of the blood which shows itself in paleness, weakn ess and nervous- ness, by regular treatment with Scott's Emulsion. • It is a true blood food and is naturally adapted to the cure of the blood sickness from which so many young women suffer. We will ee glad to send a sample to any sufferer. Be sure that thls picturo the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, ChernIsts, Toronto, Ontario. iETTLEP, [HE ITHIVIENT )eputy Sheriff in Chicago Used His Revolver, 11•••••••••••••••••... • fHE WOUNDED MAN MAY WE, Chicago, eleepatch: Deputy Shiniff Samuel O'Neill, who already had 'laded las men," emplitteized a 'poll - deal" argument yesterday afternoon ar shooting and probe -ley fatally ,Younding Charles eater, a Criminal eourt belief. The "debate" took place .n the vestibule of M. J. Quak's ealoon, 120 Clark street, half a block role Me county Courtetouse. Before *aeon/ became a deputy sheriff lie ised been 0 detective sergeant at the oentral station. His e•arlier escapade, or whim/ he escaped punitslunent, ,vas the killing of Michael McNamara et Jefferson and Forquer streets in .892. At Mat tanie he was exonerat- e by a Coroner's jury, on the plea hat he thought McNamara was rob - Aug a man at the time he shot him. Stater and O'Neill, with Joseph Cof- .ey, n, Meek in the county building, .nel Charles Ahearn, another bailiff, ,mad been in the saloon for slows time. Plee conversation turned to the re- cent instalment of Sheriff Barret, sad the probable dieribarge of a num.- we of the deputies now Lu that office .vho lind served under ex -Sheriff elagerstadt. "You people won't Met is long as the snow," laughed Slater. O'Neil! insisted that he would be in his positoin long after all the bailiffs were gone. One word followed an, other, until both the men became Angry. They wete separated, how- ever, and O'Neill was famed out into the alley at the side en 1 -ranee.. Slater was led to the front Vestibule and. seated behind the agar case. In a minute O'Neill appeared at the front entrance. Be burst through the.door, Ind, leaning over the showcaste, pressed the revolver against Slater's iota, and pulled the trigger. Slater fell et/cense:louse Tao report of the shot attracted the atteetion of the Growd in the saloon, athile many men rushed In from the street. As they thronged through -the door O'Neill took adVan- tage of the exciteleent and escaped. pWeha.er. neathe crossing patrolmen at Washington and Clark streete reach- ed the, saloon the fugitive had distill - Both O'Neill and Slater' are mem- bers of the Nineteenth Ward Repub-• lican organization. It was through this club that (relent Bemired the baeking that landed Mtn in the Sher- iff's office. Ile is a powerful man, sax feet tall, Stater is mutes smaller and about the same age, 42. O'Neill drinks heavily at times. ONE WOMAN'S LOGIC. 11 Stoma:Her a Cent on Two Trolley Car Fares, So lsere Who says that a mentos ilas 00 sense 'or login? Yesterday a woman gat cm board of a trolley car in Ewa Netv York, tugging two children with am. They were over the age when ehey could riee erce, and the con- ductor promptly aeltea ehe evonian on athe fares. Alla as promptly placed In Ms hand a dime and turned to look out of the ,whitlow. " Yon owo me a cent,' declared the eoeductor, etti bolding out las hand. " What for ?" asked the woman, with a beautiful appearance of inno- cence. "Two of them faros is half faresa thee makes 0 cents -and you must pay 6 tor yourself," mid the eon- ductor, with a 'bored expression. " Noe much; 1 don't owe you n, cent,' eald the Woman, stoutly. "Ono ..'aric is 5 Cents, ain't it ?" " Cont,' said the oaleed. " Well,' Was the triumphant reply, " ain't two halves equal to one ? elevan now; that's all you'll got." And It wase -Brooklyn Eagle. ..**•04. New Issue Front ikanSaN. Out in Hansase a new issue has projected itself on the puelle. A new head, of the atate University ewe bee rived from the met hes tried to make the professors svear cusps end gowns during class Work, with tho meult of evoldhg scoffs from stu- dents and condemnatory resolutions from politiolans. Enetern contem- poraries Are commenting 00 the lute- roWnese or fighting against enoe and gown:), put: a word or teas might alma be saki on the narrowness of firdit- ing to intilxhISO 1Whar0 thay are ticit,tivOteciN . . THE I1SSOUAN DAM OPENEll In the Presence of the Duke and Duchess of Covaught, 0 nn•••••,....• A GREAT WORK FOR EGYPT! Der. 10.-Tbe great Ateogae deni was opeued to -clay in the pres- ence or the Duke ane Duchess of (;on - naught, tne gliedive, Earl Cromer, the British Agent le Egypt, sold Coen - tees Cromer, and varlow Oausuls-Liell fired. Tho lel:edam turnee the key, which by an ingenious contrivance sot in motion the eleetrie machinery, Keveral sluice gates gradnally op- enea, ane a volume of water ruated out. On the invitation of the le.hedivo, the Ductless of Connaught laic) a stone commemorative of time event, As to -day was Ramadan, the great annual Meliammedan tenet, the eere- teeny did not take plaoe until four oclook in tile afternoon, coneequently the preceedlege wore somewhat cue - tailed. t Tale great work, which bas cost betweete e20.000,000 awe/ Ree,000,- 000, will syatematize irrigation, Im- part security to crops, and stability '10 ilaTVCSta'and Widenhe tarea of the Nile lands under cultivation. The annual flood, with the fertilized silt. and sot, bas already passed, ena the aulees of the Assouan dam are now closed for the storage of water until March 3. The aulees will then be op- ened gradually, and for four months there will be a good head of water in the irrigating canal, for the use ef cultivators. Time scarcity of water caused: by a low Nile will be avoided and a great increase in the agricul- tural resources of Egypt will be brouzlit about, . WANTED A GROWN-UP PERSON Diminutive elan Smallee Than lever After B is Child's itemerk. There are penalties in being small - of stature, as many who have laid experience realize. No one has a mere keen sense at his own short- comings, or shortness, perhaps, than a prominent real estate deal- er, who lied an experience a few evenings ago that kept him guess- ing for a little bit as to whether he should feel complimentsd or otherwese. Ho was at Immo with ono little (laughter, while his WIfe and another of the. William: were flow•ntown. Darkness was coming on and theeettle girl was anxiously atealtIng her mother's return. iler nervousness grew apace, in spite of the father's attempts at reassur- ance. at length the little ono burst into toars, steeling: "I can't, jast hole It; I need mam- ma, and I must have her." "Do you do this way when 'our mamma, is hero and I am away a" asked the father. "No, of course, not." replied the little one, "enuse then there's SOMO grown-up pereon about the house.' • CAUGHT FIRE IN A GALE. Two Other Vessels Wrecked Off Newromellantl. St. John's, Nfld., Dec. 14, - The schooner Molly, carrying a crew o. seven men, was struck by a, gale yesterday morning. The vessel was beeled over en•til the stove in her cabin upset. This limited In set- ting fire to the woodwoik, ane the scheioner was soon a mats of llama. The ci.ew- ran the Molly for outer Gooseberry Island, an unmhabited island, 12 miles off BonavIsta Bay. Efee e the schooner was beached an.:1 the crew landed ou the rOcks. Res- idents of the mainlane caught sight of the burning, schooner, and the mail boat; Dundee, was despatched to the rescue. The members of the Molly's maw were badly frost aitten. A CANNIBAL YARN A Captive Unhooks His Nose, Ear and Foot and Becomes a God. Did you ever hear Gooley Bill tell of seine of hie adventures? Bill was a setter in aus, eouth,u1 and truthful days ; not an ordinary foremast hand, but a Capt. Coek or ;Robinson Crusoo or Nod Buntline le ehe guise of an able-bodied •seaman. As he was wont to say, "Byes, levee like a sea gool aellyin' and a edirlin' in ivory part o' late ;world, au' on all the sivin seas." Hence hie name of Goole,y ,B111. In his wanderings about the waterways of the .woriti he has acquired a ,fair share of yams and a goon ehare of ta.ttoo marks. Anent the latter, he has many etories to .beguile these days of his retirement, . but the one about a flame mitered scar on his forehead and certain peculiar tattooings on hiehands is his bet. The scar was really stistained In a. sithore leave brawl. " I wail on the aenth Sea whetter eliclutel Much," he begins, "and she gite wrecked. Alter hare:Mips too in- numerous and barrowin' to mentiou, I gite cast away on a clesert island lelia,bleed by a tribe of gentle can- nibal fatuities. Just as they were goin' ,to ;stew me, 1 vaves my second- hand teeth, and ;when they git over their delt and git back some breath atter running' a,round the fare) they puts me up ;for an idol. As an idol I had an away idle time, "Ono day a whaleboat drifted ap to the shore, and when I trotted clo,we Mend a •s.oetningly well pree served man in It, end yet be seemed met o' patehed up, too. All he wont- ed Was water, and after he had e-oaketi it in and revallowed albent a lerg Ate was ahle to look Wound. Thee my ',tribe .wanted him to stay for dinner as a centrepiece. I got seared then, yeti het, for somebody- might invite the idol te be a denonation. But the new enek Tar had nerve. Ho pulled out his set' of false teeth; . 'Huh, see '.fore,' said the chief can- tabal, in his dialect I tratislated and thee something •happened, He un- hooked Me ,paper ineellee nose, one rubber oar, two eattaciat toes from Ms lott foot, his cork leg from the right knee, took off his left hook, mviitcih ho used instead of a Mina pat ono eye, which was at glass,. In his mottle an' then bloWed a weird blast trent the envor tabe he lased for a Wind plpe. When we come to he Was arranging his remaine neatly around Ian) and me, and daring then) step inside the .charmed arcle. Say, they svorehipped us so Much that How bunt a elep and gent Ms neray. That% how I'm heee."-Philedelohla Evnning Te'egraph. • In consequenee of the dearness of living th South Africa, which obliges soldiers to spend practicall,y all their pay on fooil, the War Office hats decided to Make a free issue of a lb. of potatoes per day tie each man. These at present tan only lei perchneed at ektravagant peicee. A. de:match from, Tangier, Morocco, anyil the eon:man:1er of the totems; isfue informea the Suiten that las tr00118 Are cOmpletoly heniteed 111 by tito rebel% that they nee masa) to ealvanee or retreat, and that Mtn - tato loyal troops are joining the forecs Of the pretender. NEWS IN BRIEF CAD Parliament is not expected to open Until PebruarY A1N0,IAN ear. George Daeveon, formerly of Toronto, dropped dead in Montreal. Lord and Lady Mao have re- turned to Ottawa from Montreal. Premier Haultain was banqueted at RestOunfolciiistiraeutruir ronfrom •114:1,0bgblaanid; rillaw ri ielwy tenanlenateIali?! Springs, Va., until An application has been made for 5. risootuotuhn'toolf.o'ntliteole, referendum Vote Woe' awl bristles from the Now fOrnoginlaendutSertalne:schaanyaearen prohibited The next annual meeting of the Ontario. Division of the Sons of Tern - perdue° will bo held in Oshawa. s:I.ehree ceocakii (0.01100.io more mutated In T.oronto, by the arrival erns() veal" Col. Macdonald was injured at Ot- tawa by the fall of a quantity of plaster from the ceiling of Ms of- fice. V. S. capitalists have Offered to purchase five thousand shares of Royal Bank 01 -Canada stock at $250 a share. William Campbell pleaded guilty al; aanawleh of assaulting J. W. Hannah, barrister and was re - mantled far sentence, Herbert C. Johnston has been sentenced to two years' imprison - meet at Montreal for conspirace to defraud the O. P, 11. Mr, dames Rogers and his son, wilt were injured at a Havelock railwa3 crossing, dial In Peterborte Hosea. tal. Wirtnipowe fuel supply is shoat. Foe dealers have either wood or coal anc the visible supply has about reached low-water mark. Tao loeal agent of the Great North- ern Railway has recolveti notice of the agreement between that line and the Canadian Northern. efembero of the Toronto Fire Bri- gade will form a labor uelon under °barter from the Dominion Trades and Labor Congress. A deputation from the Toronto Beare of Trade asked the Board of Control for $5,000 towards, organ- izing an old home week. There Is a rumor about London that Thomas Coffey, of that city, publisher of the Catholic Record,. will euceeed the tate Senator A. Don- ohae. Sir Frederick Borden will introduce a ilea to amend the militia, act next sweeten, which will probably providc. for an increase in the permanent fame. I A Buffalo labor abpresentative t- in Kingston trying to induce tie German machinists in the locomet tive works to go to the United States. The gvoernors of McGill have de- cided to confer the degree of LL.D. an Prpf. Geo. Parkin for his /ser- vices in literature and the Rhodes Schelarships, Eastern banks and financial ineti- tutione aro planning tlie establish- ment of executive boarde at Win- nipeg to manage weetern invest - mentis. . A eub-committee of the Toronto Werke Committee has recommended a temporary railway bridge, wed: of Cherry street, over the ole Don channel. Mr. a Wesley Smith, dry goods merchant, of Halifax, wile died re- eently, left naval; $60,000 to var- ious branches of Methodist Church work and about $80,000 to educa- tional and clmritable institution's. About noon a young man named Chrietense,n, aged about 25 years, son of Andrew Christensen, agent of tho Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, Tadousese, slipped over the St. Catharines Bee', Que., wheal and was arowned. s• BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Tile King of Saxony es confined to Me bee by an attack of bronciatio. Russia, Is dissatisfied with the award in the Beterieg Sea cases ar- bitration. A special from Marquette, Miele, says motion 16 mine is burning. The fire is beyond control. A party to support Emperor Wil- liam's policy will be organized witb the title, the Kaleer party. At Newark, N. J., a nate was SDn- toneed to six months' Imprisonment for attempting to commit suicide. An increase of one halfpenny a lone in the pace of bread intensifies the tlistrees in tbe east end of London U. S. Seeretary Wllson says it will cost $700,000 to stamp out the foot and mouth disease. Lord Roseber7 advised noncon- formists not to tamely submit to th.e education bill. In the House or Lords the Bishop of Hereford scathingly condemned the education bill. A Braise Paielamentary °amnia tee reported againet the principle of steamship subsidies. Signor Polacco, Italian Minister at Sofia, committed suicide by throw- ing himself from the window of ab hotel. At Dublin, D. Kilbride, former mem- ber of Paxelanlent, Was sentelnied to eight 'eoliths' imprisonment for in- citing to Warder. Wel Knang Tao, who waerecently appointed Viceroy Of Nanking, is generally regarded as a moderate conservative man, of strict integ- rite. At at. Louie a former member 00. the lidtteo of Delegates was south/oaf it> four year& imprisonment in con- nection with the 'flooding" cases. The Committee on Agricaltuianif the United States Congress asks $1,000,000 to fight the cattle the- cae° in the Now England States. The Archbleitop of Canterbury, wile tvas taken ill while making a speea in the House of Lords a fONV days age, nhd had to be etecorted from the Chamber reported to be worse The conference at Detroit passed reeoluttoris favoring reciprocity with Cenlida, and several thousana dollars were enescrieed to start a campaign Ini the United States to that end. A startling Inerense in suicides in the Hungarian army hats aroused the tattiest -nits to an Inveetigation. Six tecrults belonging to a single regle /nett have committed suicide in two atotalue I The Wowing additiOnal Nobel prime have been awarded at Stock - holes Literature, Prof. Memtneen ; cheMattry, Prof. lihnil Fischer, of Ber- lin; peace, Prot. Frederielt Von Mar- tens, Of St. Petersburg. The pheales pleat is divided between Prolossorts Lorenz Wei Ze0Man, 11011and. MOTHER DESERTS HER BABE • Abandoned at East,•end Coal Yard, Toronto. .11,••••••••,•••••••••••1 WAIF ONLY THREE DAYS OLD, Toronto, Pee. 15. -On aaturclay forenoon two women cleave OP 19 imea to the Infante' Home on at. Mare street, and one of them weut to the door, carrying a. baby apPata ently About three d,aye old, wishing to scieve it at the home. Sao wets ile- ,ornied that 11; woad not be /Ideated teems Tee mother renatiece to Puree .1. 'ante was not eatireactury, so the safant was taken away a,ga.n. The .itirse moaned that the baby's Maui .ves covered witis a mode red tap. i1eeween.1 ised 8 ()clock in the after - Joon a, women, apparenty about a -i. years opt age, peor,y dressed, was mean .uout Geo. arIenell es coal and weed yard, at aueen ano De Gramti e‘reets, earrying a baby. Later tho bay was .ounti imi the Woe eaul the woman was not to be seen. Tee plaice at N. Station were notilied, and the .c.seeding wee taken to tise Infatits' tome, where it was rceognized as the ,veme reaaapped baby that had been erought there etsrlier in the day, 90 Lt wee admitted without its mo thee .sfter aft. Though it wart warmly wrapped, tile Weida face had been frost -batons emotes:Ay in being taken about In the hack. Detective Forrest was put upon the ease, and learned that the woman had deserted the Infant and had couelrt a ticket at the Don Station .or Cobourg. The police of that town ;yore petaled to be on the watch for her, but as yet no reply has been re- iseived, It was also learned time the mother la11 boon staying at time durnattle Hospital, where she gave name of Hattie Jones, believed to be fictitious. She left there on Fri- day against the advice of her doctor. AMES FIANCEINCTOR Fell in Love While Attending the Hopeless Invalid, HOMANCE OF A HOSPITAL WARD New York, Dec. 10. -Id was at the sick bed of her nonce, who lay suf- fering from a serious malady in a ward at the Post -Graduate I -Wept - cal, that Miss Minnie Williams, a young Brooklyn girl, first irnetDr. 1Chomas D. Nichols, wee WAS at - moiling the young man. During her visits to the hospital, and while seeking to comfoset her affianced under this affliction, Miss Watiams antt the young surgeon began tell eraortaln a mutualregard for each other. The eourtslap, so romanti- cally begun in the hospital ward, resulted in the marriage of the young girl to Dr. Nicholas last Wednesday. Miss Wiallatus, who before her marriage lived with her mother at No. 12'ar •Calyer street, Brooklyn, had been engaged for some time to Charles Smith. Time young rnan contracted a `throat trouble, whicli [Welly developed into incurable cancer. This occasioned much grief to the young folk, whose relatiaes persuaded them at crime to aban- don alt thoughts of marriage. Mr. Smithl was taken: to the Post - Graduate Hospital to undergo an operation. eliss Williams visited him nearly every other day, bringbig fruits, books v,nd flowers and mak- ing every effort to cheer the young wile Is a, surgeon eel man. Dr. staff of the Post -Graduate ItIenr Hospital, had charge of the opera- tion on the patient. He was great- ly touched by the devotion display- ed by Miss Williams and exerted his best skill in treating the young man. His tforts were unavailing. Dr. Nichols' kindness impressed Miss Williams, and when he began to pay attentions to her she re- ceived les suit with favor. The pre- vious engagement was broken off, and the doetor and Miss Walleyes determined to be married. In the Greenpoint meetion of Brooklyn the family of Miss Wil- liams is well known. Friends of the young girl, who knew nothing of the' second engagement, were plea- santly surprised by the announce- ment of her marriage, which was performeti in the Noble Street Presayterian .Churelt by- the Rev. Dr. .Campbell. The wedding was a quiet one, only immediate relatives and a few intimate friends; being preeent. STILL ROLLING' UP. Majority for Prohibition Over Eighty For Ti10111:18.31(1. a 19138130 iti8 ---- AgattijOrtrity for 8),528 The vete for peoldbition is over 170,000 this morning, and the ma- jority is aleo materially increased by official tleclarations made on liatur- dey. From Addington complete fig- ures are tor the first time available. The vote for. the act was 1,422•and against 754,, giving a majority of (168 for the meaeure. Belleville. Dec. 13, -The following are, the official fignres for the three tidings of Hastings county for am Illteurehtialts: ilegs-For'3,f.a0; against, 798. Majority for, 594. Ea et Hatstinge.-21"or, 1,780; against, 805. Majority foe, 934. North Meetings •--- For, 2,203; egairest, 040. !Majority fote 1,31e. Hepworth Ration, lecc. 18. --The final returns/ of tbe vote polled In North Bruce on the liquor act of 1902 are: For, 2,e,81.; against, 045. Ma- jority for; 1,036. apeaal mining tome/41°1w liave been framed to cover operations oil forest reserves. The Itallen warehip Carlo Alberto, ei-el by Mr. Maroon,. in Isis 'wireless telegraehle esperimente, has been ordered to Venezuela. It le reported that Lord Strath. cone line promated to give $50,000 to Meant University for the estab- lleameet of a gymnasttim. 1ttr. 3, S. Annabel vvarnea the To- ronto Trades and Labor Couliell that employers nre planning to auttes elaes Wetted to Labor uniens. Toronto r stepayerti Will be naked to vote at the municipal cicalas/a en the by-Inve providing $3,70,000 for a neW engine at the waterworks. Mr, Ie. IL Clergne lute made a statement that all the Mils required by the to:street With the Canadian Northern latietvee heat) been relied.